In April 2015 NEWTEKWORLDNEWS reported on the death of Ella Parry, 21, who was believed to have died after taking eight times the recommended dose of 'diet pills'.

Fiona Parry, her mother, told the Mail Online she believes her daughter could have turned to the tablets after being bullied for being ginger leading to body image-related issues.

Ms. Parry warned others considering buying and using the product of the "horrifying details about the effect of the drugs on her daughter's body, in a bid to show others that it was 'an awful way to die'."

Sadly Ms Parry was not the first diet pill death in the UK and she may not be the last.

23-year-old Leeds University student Sarah Houston was a beautiful, intelligent young woman with everything to live for but Sarah had an eating disorder and body image issues which led to her secretly taking DNP slimming pills. A combination of DNP and anti-depressants resulted in her death.

Sarah's shocked parents called for action to prevent such products from being readily available online.

The coroner in that case, David Hinchliff, ruled a verdict of misadventure but called on the government for a change in the law.

Two years on nothing has changed.

The Ella Parry inquest Thursday heard that she had “texted her lecturer saying she thought she was going to die after taking toxic 'slimming pills'." The message was sent about four hours before she died; in it she also apologised to her university lecturer for "being so stupid".

Ella drove herself to hospital but it was not possible to save her.

She took eight unlicensed tablets containing dinitrophenol (DNP), which she bought on-line reports the Daily Mirror.

Ella was bulimic and would binge and purge but this time was her last. IN the text message she also said ""I screwed up big time. Binged/purged all night and took four pills at 4am. "I took another four when I woke and I started vomiting soon after. I think I am going to die. No one is known to survive if they vomit after taking DNP. I am so scared."

DNP is an industrial chemical, which is unfit for human consumption, but in spite of warnings it remains available online.

A police investigation into who supplied the tablets taken by Ella continues.

The corner in this case ruled the death accidental but said he would be writing to the Government urging a review of the classification of DNP, which is marketed on-line as a 'fat burning' pill.

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